Western Ghat Conservation

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  Task Force To Clear All Encroachments In Karnataka Forests, Western Ghats: Minister

  This task force has been formed under the leadership of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, and it will carry out forest encroachment clearance operations in western ghats and other ghat areas

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  Bureaucrat Shares Post On Endangered Nilgiri Marten, Highlights Urgency For Conservation

  The small furry mammal once a common sight in the forests of western ghats, has now been classified as 'Vulnerable'

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  Many Species Of Frogs In Munnar Faces Extinction

  Nearly 50 per cent of around 36 different species of frogs found in Munnar region of Western Ghats are threatened by extinction, say conservationists.

• Western Ghats Conservation Issue to be Addressed Democratically: Government

  Amid controversy over two reports on Western Ghats, the government today said the issue of conserving the ecologically-sensitive hills in six states will be addressed in a democratic way.

• Western Ghats report: PM says farmers' interests will be protected

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the people of Kerala that the government would take a decision on the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats conservation keeping in view the development needs of the state.

• BJP asks Election Commission to implement code impartially in Kerala

  With the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghat conservation becoming a hot poll debate in the state, BJP Kerala unit has told the Election Commission that the Centre's move to issue a new notification on the report was to 'appease' a section of people in the state.

• Kerala rules out compromise on Western Ghats report

  With the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation becoming a poll issue in the state, the Congress-led UDF government today demanded that the state's suggestions for changes in the report should be accepted by the Centre.

• Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy raises concerns over Western Ghats panel report to PM

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the Kasturirangan report on conservation of Western Ghats.

• Kerala government submits memorandum on Western Ghats to Prime Minister

  Kerala today conveyed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh its apprehensions over the K Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats conservation and asked the Centre to correct flaws in identification of Ecologically Sensitive Areas through remote sensing method.

• Western Ghats conservation: Common man will be spared of hardships, says A K Antony

  Sharing concern of farmers, Defence Minister A K Antony today said common man would not be made to suffer while implementing the Western Ghats conservation measures recommended by the K Kasturirangan committee.

• Kerala shuts down, suffers Rs 900 crore loss

  A dawn-to-dusk state-wide shutdown on Monday, called by the Left opposition to protest an order on implementation of the Kasturirangan panel report on conserving Western Ghats environment, brought Kerala to a grinding halt and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said it cost the state Rs.900 crore.

• No question of implementing report on Western Ghats in haste: Oommen Chandy

  With the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of the Kasturirangan panel on Western Ghats conservation triggering protests in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said there was no question of implementing it in haste.

• Concern in Kerala over Western Ghats report, protests turn violent

  Parties and farmers outfits in Kerala, cutting across political divide, today staged violent street protests opposing the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of a committee on Western Ghats conservation, alleging it would lead to large scale displacement of settler farmers.

• Kerala opposition observes shutdown over panel report on Western Ghats

  The Central notification on implementing the Kasturirangan panel report on conservation of Western Ghats has triggered a fresh bout of protests in Kerala with the opposition CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) observing a 'hartal' in some parts of Kozhikode district, today.